Crossroads: Ethel Woodward marks 100 years

Family and friends will gather Sunday to honor centenarian Ethel Woodward when she will celebrate her 100th birthday at St. Matthews by the Sea United Methodist Church in Fenwick Island.

Mrs. Woodward was born in Sparrow's Point, Md. An an avid bowler, she met her future husband, Arthur Woodward, through the sport. They married in 1938 and moved to Baltimore, where they had their son, Charles.

After losing her husband, Mrs. Woodward moved to Selbyville to be closer to friends in Ocean City, Md., where she had vacationed with her family for many years.

Mrs. Woodward loves to read and watch Orioles baseball. She also continues to stay busy with church activities and knits wool hats for troops stationed abroad and for hospitals to give to newborn babies.